You might remember me telling you that I was spending a few days in New Orleans. Well, what I DIDN’T tell you was that while I am gone, one of the World’s Awesomest Cookie Decorators is guest posting on my site. And she made cookies about ME!!
How cool is that?

I’m assuming you already read Callye’s blog The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle, so you already know how funny, sweet, and insanely talented she is. And not only are we internet friends, but we have met in real life too!!

She’s so much fun to be around, and always ready to help a friend, and I’m so glad that we were able to meet through our blogs and become friends. Thanks so much for posting in my absence, Callye!!

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I’m glad to be here visiting one of my favorite bloggers and bloggy friends { we’ll talk about you posting the WORST PICTURE OF ME EVER later}.

Anywho, when Kristan first invited me to guest post, I wasn’t sure what kind of cookies to make for the Cookbook Queen. I mean, crowns are OLD news, and all of the other old standbys just weren’t worthy.

Then, all at once it hit me. What better cookie to make for the Cookbook Queen, than a COOKBOOK queen! Are y’all following me?

When I make people into cookies, I always begin with the neck. I mean, what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t give Kristan a neck? That’s almost as bad as giving someone TWO chins! When you finish, let it set up for ten minutes or so.

Next use the fleshtone 20-second icing to add a face. When that’s done, use blonde icing to add a hair outline. I used a #3 tip for this to give the hair a little more “lift” than the face. It’s a dimensional thing…

Fill in the hair outline and let the cookies dry for 6-8 hours {overnight is good}.

After the face has dried, it is time to add the pretty stuff. First use the food color marker to CAREFULLY add eyelashes. Next, add a nose, lips, and crown.

Before you freak out, let me show you a little trick for piping a prefect crown, or anything, for that matter.

When you are re-creating a complicated piping design, ALWAYS work in stages. Add one section at a time until you have piped the entire design. I did it for you below…

See? That wasn’t so bad right? Next, use the black icing to add eyeballs. Also, be a pal and add EYEBROWS. Those are pretty important, ya know…

I finished” Kristan the cookie” up with something EVERY Cookbook Queen needs, whether she’s a cookie or not…MAKEUP. I used luster dust as purple eyeshadow, which is definitely “IN” this season, and pretty pink cheeks. I also gave her a little hairdo with the blonde piping icing and a small icing tip.

After the details were dry, I brushed her with a little pearl dust. She’s not lying when she says she sparkles. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. When she stands in the sun, she is glittery all over.

And that’s it! That’s all you need to make a perfectly perfect Cookbook Queen cookie.

Well, ALMOST…

What would a Cookbook Queen be without all her favorite things, like sparkly nail polish, cupcakes, some trash TV, and of course, FRUIT SNACKS!!!

Oh yes, and I also made her something else. Most of the time where there’s a Kristan, there’s a Shelly nearby, so, I made her too! When you get these to together, it’s always a ton of fun. So much, in fact, it requires it’s own website.

If you haven’t already, you should go check out their new site, That’s What We Said. It has everything you need to feel all girly and super-mom-y at the same time!

Thanks again, K for letting me take over your place! I hope you like yourself as a cookie!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

About Kristan

Hey cutie! Thanks for reading :) Let me introduce myself -- I'm Kristan (pronounced Kris-TANNE) a work-at-home mom living, baking, and online shopping in Fort Smith Arkansas. I have a 12 year-old son Jon David, a 4 year-old daughter Lucy, and a husband, Jess. I completely adore all of them 96% of the time (the rest of the time you can find me drinking my feelings with a box of Pinot). I hope you stay awhile -- I'd love to get to know you!

Kristan — you make a gorgeous cookie!! And Callye — you are so ridiculously talented. I love your stack of cookbooks too! What I want to know….will these cookies be eaten? And by who? And is that going to be weird for anyone? I mean, you can’t eat yourself. And eating your best friend is almost as bad…

You are not kidding when you say you make a mean sugar cookie. This collection is fantastic Callye. What a wonderful guest post and by the way….that is a great picture of you, of all three of you very talented ladies.

OMG!! Pure cuteness!!! How do you get your frosting to look so perfect and puffy like that??? I want to hug it!! It’s so wonderful!! I try to make such cute cookies, but you can always tell where my piping is and my filler never looks like that…. WANT!!! I would love some pointers if you would like to share… wink wink:D

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